What good do ideas do gathering dust in a drawer, bogarting electron holes on a disk? No good. So might as well share them. Maybe they can do you some good. Not asking anything in return. See an idea you like? Just call “dibs.” Post a comment staking your claim, along with enough info to Read More …

“But giving to other people is what makes me feel alive. Not my car or my house. Not what I look in the mirror. When I give my time, when I can make someone smile after they were feeling said, it’s as close to healthy as a I ever feel. Do the kind of things Read More …

Stamped these ideas of mine as “Rejected” for this blog. Might make possible skit material for Saturday Night Live, however.  Book: Bram Stoker’s Barney. Root beer beer. T-skirts. Wheel of Fortune cookies. Big cookies, with colored triangles and letters. Maybe that’s on one side. There’s a puzzle on the other. Funnybones. A comic strip about skeletons. Read More …

Making trades, starting with a big red paperclip, and getting a house. Top 10 Dumbest Online Business Ideas That Made It Big Time. The card game Set. An elegant mental challenge based on a simple idea.    

Need an idea for a novel or other book? Have a product in need of a good name or gimmick? Have a project you’ve started that’s hit an impasse? Have a nonprofit in need of an original fund-raising event or reward idea?  Feel free to email me and pick my brains. Can’t promise miracles or magic. Read More …

Some thoughts and observations. Some sentences I strung together. The things that come to those who wait are usually what’s left behind by those who got there early. If at first you don’t succeed, hire a professional. He who laughs last is usually an idiot. May have bipolar disorder. If it ain’t broke, you probably don’t Read More …